Offseason for CSU football team includes more than spring drills

1:20 AM,
Apr. 29, 2012

CSU football coach Jim McElwain talks to Dominique Vinson at Hughes Stadium on April 15. McElwain, in his first season with the Rams, got his first look at the team on the field during 15 spring practices.

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Jim McElwain said he liked what he saw from quarterback Garrett Grayson, running back Chris Nwoke, linebacker Shaquil Barrett, defensive end C.J. James and several other players he's counting on to have big years for his first CSU football team.

Player evaluation, the Rams new coach said, certainly was a big part of what he and his staff needed to get done during the 15 spring practices that NCAA rules allow. He and his assistants got a chance to see who some of their play-makers are, what they do well as a team and what they don't do so well.